Lathering implement.



T. e. MORGAN.

LATHERING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-8,1914.

1,146,646. Patentd'July 13, 1915.

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LATHERING IMPLEMENT.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS G. MGRGAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Shamokin, in the county of Northumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Lathering Implements, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to implements for preparing theface preparatory to shaving, and my object is to provide an implementincluding a lather applying brush and a beard softening member incontiguous though independent relation and with such connections as thatthey may each be utilized flexibly within limits or rigidly against oneanother.

In order to accomplish the above I provide an implement generallyincluding a lather applying brush and a rubbing member together with ahandle formed of spring wire and with free extremities contiguous to oneanother to support the brush and rubbing implement, the flexibility ofthe handle thus formed permitting the implement when grasped lightly inthe hand to be utilized with a certain amount of flexibility in eitherthe lather applying or beard softening operations, and enabling saidbrush and rubbing implement to be forced together and the implement usedfor either operation in substantially rigid form when the handle isgrasped sufficiently tight.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention, and forms apart of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspec tive view of myimproved implement. Fig. 2 is a sectional. longitudinal section takentherethrough. Fig. 3 is a plan view looking at the inner side of therubbing implement, and Fig. 4: is a plan view of the handle with thelather applying brush and the rubbing member removed.

Referring now to these figures I have shown a rubbing implement A in theform of a substantially circular elastic pad with inte ral flexibleprojections a upon one face thereof, and with spaced and substantiallyparallel apertures extending into its body, and a brush B, consisting ofa tuft of bristies, and mounted within a cap I) having diametricallyopposite side sockets b, one of which is shown in Fig. 1. I have alsoshown a handle consisting of a pair of U- shaped spring wires C and C,the rear bent Copies of this patent may be obtained for Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Application filed October 8, 1914. Serial No. 865,680.

portions of which are secured to one another in juxtaposed relation bysuitable'means, as for instance soldering or brazing, as shown at 0, thehandle thus having free upper forward extensions 0' which are somewhatshorter than the free lower extensions 0 The extensions 0 as clearlyseen in Fig. 2 are extended within the body apertures of the rubbingmember A while the free lower extensions 0 are extended within the sidesockets Z) of the brush cap 6. Thus by particular reference to Fig. 2 itwill be noted that the brush B and rubbing member A are held adjacentto, though independent from, one another when the handle is graspedlightly and either may be used with a limited flexible movement towardthe other in the practical application of the implement. On the otherhand the handle may be grasped tightly to force the rubbing member Atightly against the brush B and the implement utilized in eitheroperation in substantially rigid form.

An implement so constructed is particularly useful in that it obviatesthe necessity of softening the beard with the fingers and in the furtherfact that it is by its particular construction adapted to light andheavy beards and in its general application needs no adjustment except amere grasping more or less tightly in the hand of the user.

I claim 1. A handle for spaced apart implements comprising divergingU-shaped wire sections, having their rounded outer ends rigidlyconnected to one another in juxta osed relation, and having independentfree lnner ends in upper and lower pairs, upon which the implements maybe secured, said free ends of each pair being spaced apart whereby toprevent turning of the implements in use.

2. A handle for spaced apart implements comprising diverging U-shapedwire sections having their rounded outer ends rigidly connected to oneanother in juxtaposed relation, and having their inner ends arranged inupper and lower pairs, each pair being spaced apart and having freeextremities adapted to enter sockets in the implement to be carriedthereby.

THOMAS G. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

HOLDEN T. CHESTER, JosErH KLINGER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,I). 0.

